BackupDeviceCollection Class

The BackupDeviceCollection class represents a collection of BackupDevice objects that represent all the backup devices on an instance of Microsoft SQL Server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")> _
Public NotInheritable Class BackupDeviceCollection
    Inherits SimpleObjectCollectionBase

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")] 
public sealed class BackupDeviceCollection : SimpleObjectCollectionBase

[DefaultMemberAttribute(L"Item")] 
public ref class BackupDeviceCollection sealed : public SimpleObjectCollectionBase

/** @attribute DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") */ 
public final class BackupDeviceCollection extends SimpleObjectCollectionBase

DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") 
public final class BackupDeviceCollection extends SimpleObjectCollectionBase

Remarks

Updated text:12 December 2006

A BackupDeviceCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of backup devices. You can use the Item property to return a specific BackupDevice object.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AbstractCollectionBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoCollectionBase
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SortedListCollectionBase
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectCollectionBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceCollection

Example

How to: Reference an Object by Using a Collection in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

BackupDeviceCollection Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Collections

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